Qaouq: Latest developments boosted consensus chances

by Naharnet Newsdesk 05 March 2023, 13:27

Hezbollah central council member Sheikh Nabil Qaouq on Sunday said that the “latest developments” have increased the chances for “consensus” over the presidential file.

“Our priority lies in electing a president to halt the collapse and rescue the country, but the priority of the challenge and confrontation camp is taking the country to a new adventure in order to overturn the domestic political balances," Qaouq said.

"They want to seize control of the country to change its identity, position and regional role and to make it part of the normalization (with Israel) process," Qaouq added.

Referring to the rival political camp, the Hezbollah official said: "The challenge and confrontation group want to elect a president who would be a launchpad for pouncing on the national principles and settling political scores, but Hezbollah's stance is clear: we are not in a weak position and we are not in 1982 so that a president comes on the back of a tank or through the pressure of hunger and the economic-social crisis."

Noting that "there are international voices and MPs, parties and forces in Lebanon that have changed their stance in favor of the consensus scheme, because they have realized that the only exit for the crisis is dialogue," Qaouq said this has "infuriated" the rival camp and made it "scream" and "insult the resistance and its people."

Source: Naharnet

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